Electric-fixture canopy



Oct. 23, 1923.

M. J. LUBow ELECTRIC FIXTURE cANoPY Filed Jan. 6. 1922 Maw Patented st. 23, 1923.

r MITCHELL J. LUBow, ornnw Yoaxf, nf Y.

ELECTRIC-FIXTURE canori'.`

Application filed January To all whom t may concern." y

Be it known that I, MITCHELL J. LUBow, a citizen of the United States, and' resident of 367 i/Vest 118th Street, New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful VIm-v provements in Electric-Fixture Canopies, of which the following is a specification.

One of the purposes of this invention isv to provide an ornamental electrical fitting comprising acanopy, adaptedto be fixed on a ceiling or wall, and means therewith for directly engaging the body of a commercial plug socket, in place of the usual cap which is wholly dispensed with.

Another object is in the provision of a companyingdrawing, forming a material,

part of this disclosure, and` in which lFigure 1 is a side elevational View showing an embodiment of the invention applied in a pendant position. Y Y

Figure 2 is a plan View of the same looking from the base or attaching end.

Figure 3 is a fractional sectional view of the lower portion of the upper orl fixed part of the device, drawn to an enlarged scale. Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the jointconstruction, the view being further enlarged.v

In'the drawing, a hollow metallic canopy or casing 10, generally in the shapeof an inverted dome, is shown `as formed with a stepped base 11,'its flat annular basev flange 12, having a beaded edge 13, containing openings 14 for the reception/of, securing means whereby the device is fastened in its destined position.

minates in a cylindrical :extension 15 and at several pointsV in the cone, adjacent the-junction, are prongs or lugs 16 formed by shearradiallyV inward to form supports for an in-` sulating disc 1'( containing openings 18 and The lower,conical end of the casing ter- .ing the material,'these Aprongs being bent e, 192g. y serial No. 527,343;

19 through which may be passed insulated wires leading from an electric Vsupply source, downward through the casing to the socket and plug carried by it, the lugs 16 also serve as stops against which the socket sliell- 25 Y e abuts y A row of perforations 20 are vformed through the` wall of the cylinder, the openings being uniformly, having' flat bottoms 20. y Y Surrounding the lower portion of the cylinder and completely covering the openings therein, is a ring or band 21 having an inturned bottom edge 22, and vtively confine the band to in orderto posithe cylinder, aA

eo closely spaced and prong 23 is sheared from the band at onev point, the same being passed through one of the openings 20 and then bent to lock and firmly hold the parts together.

The socket or" adapter, generally desig. 'V nated bythe numeral 25, is identical inail re` spects with those of standard typeex'cept Y that the upper shell or casingl may be slotted at one or'more points and is tight fitted to enter the Velement 15, no cap or cover bei lng used as the socket body is fitted to en-l gage directly in the canop Formed to extend outwardly from I they socket are a plurality of rounded lugs 27, having relatively flat sharp Vbottoms 27 and Y suited. to engage in the-openings 20, being maintained therein by the Vresilience of the material, it is vhowever possible to turn the socket within the canopy and'itwill be obvious that relativel adjustments can .be readily be'made.

It Vis further apparent thatif'the-lugsV 27 be positioned between adjacent openings 20, the socket may be withdrawn, the shell yielding upon vthe application of lateral pressure, and it will be equally clearthat when the lugs '2? engage in the openings 20, withdrawal by force directed longitudinally cannot take place except, by actual disruption of the material. f

Having described my invention invsuch ymanner as to illustrate rather than 'restrictV Y 100 v y the same, what I claim as new and desire to secure Vby Letters Patent, is

adapted for attachment to aV ceiling or wall Asvan Varticle of manufacture, a canopy Y y'ard from the canopy adjacent its junction with the extension, against which 'the socket 5 sheii abuts, band surrounding tension7 yineens vvoi Hsecuring ange on said band abutting t said 4exsaid banc/i, a he end o said extension, and means 'iol' ieieaszibiy eonnecting the Cylindrical extension directly wim the socket shell.

Signed at New York in the County of New York and State of N ew York, this #LJn day of January, A. D. w22, Y

` MTUHELL' J. L'UBOVJ. 

